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Lecturer in Law at King's College London, Chloe Sheppick, talks us through some of the Conservative Party's attempts at housing policy over the past five years - including ambitious reforms of the leasehold system and the private rented sector.
Chloe Sheppick is a qualified solicitor (now non-practising) who specialised in Commercial Real Estate. She moved into Higher Education ten years ago, and have since been awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Education.
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